Family Group Records



Husband's Name: William Hugh Gower
Born:1835 in Norwich, Norfolk
Baptised:
Died: 30 July 1894 in Wandsworth, Surrey
Buried:
Father:Hugh Gower
Mother:Jane Sarah Thompson

Wife's Name: Elizabeth Charlotte Bishop
Married:13 Oct 1860 Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
Born:1830 in Troston, Suffolk
Baptised:
Died: 1913 in Wadsworth,Surrey
Buried:
Father:Charles Bishop
Mother:Sarah Coulton

Children:

Name: William Hugh Gower
Born:1863 in Richmond, Surrey
Baptised:
Died: 30 Jul 1894 in Wandsworth, Surrey
Married:Emily J Currell

Name: John Charles Gower
Born:20 Oct 1865 in Kew, Surrey
Baptised:
Died: 1929
Married:Annie Gertrude Griffiths

Name:Gustav George Gower
Born:24 Apr 1870 in Islington Middlesex
Baptised:
Died:
Married:

Name:Frank Leveson Gower
Born:4 Jan 1874 in Islington Middlesex
Baptised:
Died:
Married:


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John Charles Gower
Additional Information
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1891 Census:Horticultural Writer,
120 Acacia Cottages, Bickersteth Road, Tooting
Comment
William Hugh Gower was for many years a prolific writer on horticultural subjects, chiefly Orchids, his contribution to the Garden Magazine being perhaps most valuable.  He was joint author with J Britten FLS, of a small work entitled Orchids for Amateurs; he also assisted B S Williams and Sons in the preparation of their various publications.  He was for some years foreman in the Orchid and Fern Departments at Kew, leaving in 1865.  He formed a collection of dried specimens and pictures of garden plants of all kinds, which after his death was purchased and shared by Kew and the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. 

His Letter to Charles Darwin on fertilisation of Victoria regia